Glossary - Harmony eXLhoist User Manual

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Glossary

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Glossary
A
AWG
(American wire gauge) The standard that specifies wire section sizes in North America
C
CCF
(Common Cause of Failure)
CSA
(Canadian standards association) The Canadian standard for industrial electronic equipment in
hazardous environments.
D
DTM
(Device Type Manager) Classified into 2 categories:
Device DTMs connect to the field device configuration components.
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CommDTMs connect to the software communication components.
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The DTM provides a unified structure for accessing device parameters and configuring, operating,
and diagnosing the devices. DTMs can range from a simple graphical user interface for setting
device parameters to a highly sophisticated application capable of performing complex real-time
calculations for diagnosis and maintenance purposes.
E
E-STOP
Emergency stop (according to EN ISO13850:2008) function that is intended to:
avert arising, or reduce existing, hazards to persons, damage to machinery or to work in
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progress,
be initiated by a single human action.
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EMC
ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EN
EN identifies 1 of many European standards maintained by CEN (European Committee for
Standardization), CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization), or ETSI
(European Telecommunications Standards Institute).
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